The scholarship on gender in the Middle East takes two objectives as its mandate: first, to
dismantle the stereotype of passive and powerless Muslim women and, second, to …

This article explores the localized experiences of women at work in higher education in the
under-researched context of the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Our main research …

This article analyses barriers to women's political representation in Indonesia and the ways
that women candidates overcome them. Surveying the literature and drawing on three data …

To what extent do migrants carry their culture with them, and to what extent do they acquire
the culture of their new home? The answer not only has important political implications; it …

Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced
more extensive legal reforms of women's rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The …

Democracy and women's rights are integrally “bundled” by the international community. This
means that dictatorships can signal adherence to international norms by demonstrating …

Evidence that Muslims support patriarchal values more than non-Muslims is abundant but
the nature of this evidence is contested. The 'cultural'interpretation suggests that patriarchal …

We examine the effect of social institutions related to gender inequality on development
outcomes. By characterizing and applying the recently developed Social Institution and …

Much is said about Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) publics opposing gender
equality, often referring to patriarchal Islam. However, nuanced large-scale studies …

The aim of this paper was to examine the effect of managerial/board gender diversity and
corporate governance structure on firm performance in a Jordanian business environment …